--- On Thu, 10/21/10, BobK8IA@aol.com <BobK8IA@aol.com> wrote:
> From: BobK8IA@aol.com <BobK8IA@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Blind Mode for N1MM Bandmap
> To: xdavid@cis-broadband.com, cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:49 AM
> Dave,
>
> >From a "assisted vs unassisted query", why would this
> be any different than
> getting info of a stations presence from a bandscope,
> panadapter etc?
> You're substituting a blip on a bansdscope vs an asterisk
> on a bandmap.
>
> Granted, with some radios it is easier to change to the
> proper freq via a
> bandmap, but not all.
>
> Seems perfectly legal for unassisted operation to me.
>
>
Does not seem legal to me with current rules if you take the frequencies from a
remote source (telnet). Blips on a bandscope are fundamentally different from
frequencies taken from telnet: For example, with what you suggest, you could
take DX spots from a skimmer in Europe during a 160m contest. That way you
would know where the EU DX stations are on the band even before the band
opened to you in North America. In such a contest that would be a huge
advantage even if it didn't include callsign information.
On the other, just marking signals on the bandmap from your local receiver
(with no cw decoding) is fine, I currently do that.
Tor
N4OGW
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